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    DRONE FORCE

    by STEVE GOLDBERG Mar 01, 2017 3 minutes
    LOW FLIER The camera-equipped Phantom 4 by DJI can stay airborne for 30 minutes. Cost: $1,200.

    Drones, by one definition, are neither high-tech toys nor lethal weapons. They are worker bees that are the foundation of a colony. And that’s where the future lies in nondefense industries like farming, insurance, and construction, which, Goldman Sachs predicts, will drive a $13 billion industry through 2020. The skies are beginning to buzz. From late 2014 to last April, the FAA issued 3,100 exemptions to nonpilots covering nearly 40 situations to fly drones. Looking at the current 5,500 exemptions,

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